windmill

1.风车

2.旋转玩具,风车玩具

3.风车房

4.风力发电机

5.螺旋桨

6.假想的(邪恶的,具威胁性的)敌人或对手,出自塞万提斯《堂吉诃德》,文中主人公将风车幻想成为了巨人.此用法一般用于短语tilt at windmills中

7.〈口〉直升飞机

1.使...似风车般转动,用风力转动

2.作风车般的转动,(螺旋浆)借风力转动

1.a tall building with sails long pieces of wood or metal that turn in the wind and produce power to crush grain or produce electricity

2.a toy that consists of a long stick with curved pieces of plastic at the top that turn in the wind

3.a building with a set of wind-driven revolving sails or blades fitted to the side of its roof that drive a grinding machine inside

4.a tall thin building with blades that turn round, used to convert the power of the wind into electricity

5.the set of revolving sails or blades on a windmill, or the grinding mechanism inside the building

6.imaginary evil opponent

7.a helicopter

1.to make something spin or turn like the sails of a windmill

2.to rotate solely by wind force and with no engine power